James Wesley Shannon
1826 - 1886 (60 years)-
Name James Wesley Shannon [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 5 Sep 1826 Montgomery, Texas, USA 
[1, 3, 4, 6] Gender Male Residence 1850 Walker County, Texas, USA [3] Residence 1860 Walker County, Texas, USA [6] Residence 1870 Johnson County, Texas, USA [4] Beat 1 Death 13 Dec 1886 Erath, Texas, USA Person ID I29868 MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son John Montgomery Last Modified 8 Oct 2025
Father John Shannon, b. 1794, Franklin County, Georgia, USA d. 12 Feb 1838, Montgomery, Texas, USA (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Mother Charlotte Wilson, b. 1799 Relationship natural Marriage 1823 Family ID F1880 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Minerva Wilson, b. 1826, Alabama, USA Marriage 29 Apr 1847 Walker County, Texas, USA Children + 1. John Wesley Shannon, b. 1848, Texas, USA d. 28 Sep 1931, New Mexico, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. James B Shannon, b. Abt 1850, Texas, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Catherine Eugenia Shannon, b. 8 Aug 1855, Texas, USA d. 25 May 1922, Seymour, Baylor, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Francis Walker Shannon, b. 11 Oct 1858, Madisonville, Madison, Texas, USA d. 15 Feb 1928, Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11423 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Oct 2025
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Birth - 5 Sep 1826 - Montgomery, Texas, USA 
Marriage - 29 Apr 1847 - Walker County, Texas, USA Residence - 1850 - Walker County, Texas, USA Residence - 1860 - Walker County, Texas, USA 
Residence - Beat 1 - 1870 - Johnson County, Texas, USA 
Death - 13 Dec 1886 - Erath, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S1525] Shannon Family DNA Program, (Name: Location:http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Shannon/default.aspx?section=results;;), http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Shannon/default.aspx?section=results.
- [S2201] Orr, Daivd, Shannon Ancestry Notes, (Name: Location: http://mail.skybridgechicago.net/~orr/family/shannon.htm;;).
- [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: , Walker, Texas; Roll:M432_916; Page: 262A; Image: .
Record for Jos Shannon - [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 1, Johnson, Texas;Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Record for James Shannon - [S3480] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
Record for Catherine Eugeina Rowell
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=txdeathcerts&h=21866577&indiv=try - [S3938] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Walker, Texas; Roll: M653_1307; Page: 119; Image: 246; Family History Library Film: 805307.
Record for James Shannon
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=35257842&indiv=try
- [S1525] Shannon Family DNA Program, (Name: Location:http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Shannon/default.aspx?section=results;;), http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Shannon/default.aspx?section=results.